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| Dementia and food exchange in nursing home dining areas | | Author(s) | Allan V Kaufman, Forrest R Scogin, Eileen E MaloneBeach |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 19, no 4, December 2000 |
| Pages | pp 476-483 |
| Keywords | Food ; Meals services ; Dementia ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Some investigators have reported that nursing home residents engage in food exchange during meal times, and that demented residents may be more likely to engage in such behaviours, usually taking food as part of more disinhibited behaviour. The authors used a behavioural observation protocol to investigate this claim. Over two 12-day periods, 111 residents in two US nursing home dining rooms were observed, to determine the prevalence of food exchange. Overall, prevalence was low, with fewer than 10% of residents observed taking or giving food. Demented residents were somewhat more likely to take food than non-demented residents, but differences were not statistically significant. Dining room staff intercepted food exchanges in only about a quarter of such cases. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001213207 A |
| Classmark | YP: NR: EA: KX: LHB: 7T |
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